The victory was no surprise as Busch continues to be the NASCAR Nationwide Series all-time race winner (53) and collected his fifth win at Bristol.

What was somewhat surprising was that it was the 20-year-old Larson who ended up going one-on-one with Busch for the win in the final laps.

The two came off Turn 4 on the final of 300 laps nearly side-by-side and Busch grabbed the win by .023 seconds.

“He’s got a lot of talent,” said Busch of Larson. “Obviously, he’s already made a name for himself and he’s got a lot going for him. I’m 27 and I feel like I’m getting old.

“Every time I looked in the rear view mirror he caught me, so I stopped looking. I didn’t want to know where he was at. I knew he was looking low so I took the safe route and let [Larson] take the top.”

Larson credited his run to his Turner Scott Motorsports crew chief, Trent Owens.

“We were about a 17th place car in practice [Friday] and the crew changed a ton of stuff to make it better,” Larson said.

It’s been a tough start to the season for Larson, who was involved in a violent wreck in the season opener at Daytona and another last weekend at Las Vegas.

Beaubier of Roseville, Calif., started on the pole and had two flawless pit stops to claim a 22.254-second margin of victory over Yamaha teammate Garrett Gerloff in America’s most historic motorcycle race.

Elena Myers finished ninth riding a Triumph, the best finish by a woman rider in the Daytona 200 history